Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Isma'il al-Ash'ari
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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Isma'il al-Ash'ari 🇮🇶

أبو الحسن علي بن إسماعيل الأشعري (Known as "Al-Ash'ari")
Systematizer of Sunni Kalam, Founder of the Ash'arite Theological School, Author of Kitab al-Luma
Born c. 874 CE (260 AH) 🇮🇶 Basra, Iraq
Passed Away c. 936 CE (324 AH) Baghdad, Iraq
Lifespan 62 years old
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Notice / Correction
"We believe that God is seated on His throne, as He has said, without asking how (bila kayfa), and that the Quran is His uncreated Word. Truth is a balance between reason and revelation."

Archival Overview

Tenth-century Iraqi theologian who established Ash'arite scholastic theology—the foundational doctrinal framework of mainstream Sunni Islam. Harmonized divine omnipotence, the uncreated Quran, and human moral acquisition (Kasb).

Biographical Record

Direct descendant of the Prophet's companion Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, he spent forty years as the leading student of the Mu'tazilite master Al-Jubba'i in Basra. Experiencing a transformative spiritual dream in Ramadan, he ascended the pulpit of the Great Mosque of Basra to publicly renounce Mu'tazilite rationalism.

Moving to Baghdad, he deployed rigorous dialectical logic to defend orthodox Sunni creed against anthropomorphism on one side and extreme rationalism on the other, authoring Al-Ibana and Kitab al-Luma, laying the groundwork for Al-Baqillani, Al-Juwayni, and Al-Ghazali.

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Final Resting Place

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Bab al-Basrah Historical Sanctuary
Baghdad, Iraq
GPS: 33.3150, 44.3800
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